How Can You Tell if You Are Really a Christian?

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Dale Harcombe

How can you tell if you have really come to know Jesus and entered into a relationship with Him? In our home bible study group we recently started studying the John’s letters and 1 John 2 gives some answers to this question. I John 2:3 says we ‘know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commands.’ Obeying rules and regulations are not our entry ticket to heaven. That comes only through knowing Jesus. But, when we do know Jesus and have come into a relationship with Him, then we will want to please Him by keeping … Continue reading →

Devotions of Peace

Posted on September 13, 2006 by Lisa Kennedy

When people consider the word “peace” they do not often think of the word peace within the bounds of its Biblical meaning. People instantly think of world peace, or peace between feuding parties. People consider peace to be the “absence of hostility” or perhaps the “absence of chaos.” Consider the first listing for the word peace on Dictionary.com: “the normal, nonwarring condition of a nation, group of nations, or the world.” But do these definitions really describe what is meant by Biblical peace? While there are times in the Bible, when the word peace is used in the sense of … Continue reading →